Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Reza Amiri Moghadam has warned that Iran could strike US interests and facilities in the region and said that his country was already prepared to fight a “long war” against Israel.

Addressing reporters at the National Press Club, Dr Moghadam stated that Iran could target US facilities and bases in the region in retaliation for US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.

“As you know that the US is thousands of kilometres away from Iran, but it has its presence in the region. In the war, we will see where we will hit the US,” he warned.

Responding to a question about US bases in some Muslim states in the region, the ambassador said: “It is shameful that the US has its bases in Muslim states that are facilitating the US.”

He added that Israel was “also a US base in the region. “There is no country with the name of Israel; rather, it is an illegitimate regime,” he said, adding that Israel wanted to spread war to the whole region to meet its interests.